THE MAKGAV 



l>uU\ black streaks drawii upon it, extending towards tlieslioulders. These streaks 

 are brancli-like in form, and are very clearly defined. The spots that run along 

 the s))ine are solid, and of a deep velvety black. 



A\ hen in captivity, the Ocelot seems to prefer birds arid rabbits, or similar 

 creatures, to any other food, and is accustomed to strip the feathers from tlie biid 

 before it ])egins its meal. The liead appeal's to lie its favoiu'itc morsel, and, 

 with the head, the Ocelot generally connnenccs its meal. 



M A K ( i A \ . — Lropanhtf- Tit/nuus. 



Thk ISFakcay is a very handsome example ol Tiger Cats. The tail is rather 

 more bushy towards the tij) than those of the preceding animals, and the sj^ttings 

 are hardly so apt to run into hollow streaks or links. It will be obsened that 

 the sj)ots are small and niuuerous towards the hind rpiai-tcrs. 



It is, when caught young and ])roperly treated, a veiT docile and afl'ectionate 

 animal, although it has been slandcjously described as a wholly untameable and 

 hrocious beast. Mr. AVaterton mentions, in one of his Essays on Natural Ilistor}-, 

 that when he was in Guiana he possessed a Maigay wliich liad been cajjtured by 

 a negro while still a kitten. It -was unrtnied with uieat cajc, and becrnic so fond 



